Elm on Puistokatu in Ullanlinna cooks Mediterranean sharing plates around a wood fire, set in a restored 1880 villa near the Kaivopuisto seafront.
Signature: Wood-fired vegetables, Mediterranean sharing plates
Order: The wood-fired vegetables and a spread of sharing plates for the table.
Tip: Set inside a restored villa near Kaivopuisto park. The menu is built for sharing, so come with a group.
Aoi is a small Ullanlinna room in the Michelin Guide, run by a trio cooking a short four-course menu where global ideas meet Nordic produce like pike perch.
Order: The four-course menu; spring brings white asparagus, summer the pike perch with fennel and apple.
Tip: A personal, low-key dining room on quiet Neitsytpolku. The menu is short and rewritten often, so trust the kitchen.
Rams Roasters on quiet Neitsytpolku in Ullanlinna is a family-run cafe and bakery pouring top roasters, known for some of the city's best cinnamon buns.
Signature drink: Specialty coffee and a cinnamon bun
Tip: A laptop-free neighbourhood room on a residential Ullanlinna street, sharing the block with Restaurant Aoi. The home-baked korvapuusti is the order.
Flor on Korkeavuorenkatu carries David Alberti's all-natural philosophy into a small Ullanlinna food-and-wine bar of seasonal organic plates.
Signature pour: Natural wine by the glass
Wine focus: All-natural wines
Food: Seasonal organic plates
Tip: All natural, no exceptions, with a tight seasonal kitchen alongside. Small room south of the design district, so reserve.